David Christopher Gadsby FRS (26 March 1947 – 3 March 2019) was a British physiologist, and Patrick A. Gerschel Family Professor Emeritus at The Rockefeller University.[1] He was best known for his studies on the mechanisms by which ions move across cell membranes.[2]
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| Born | David Christopher Gadsby 26 March 1947 |
| Died | 9 March 2019 (aged 71) New York City, U.S. |
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| Known for | studies on the mechanisms by which ions move across cell membranes |
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| Fields | physiology |
| Institutions | Rockefeller University |
He earned a BSc in 1969 and MSc in 1973, from Trinity College, Cambridge, and Ph.D. in 1978 from University College London. He studied with Paul F. Cranefield. He won the Kenneth S. Cole Award of the Biophysical Society in 1995.[3] He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ "The Rockefeller University » Scientists & Research". Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "David C. Gadsby". www.mbl.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Past Kenneth S. Cole Awardees". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ "Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007" (PDF). Royal Academy. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ Miller, Christopher (2020). "David Christopher Gadsby. 26 March 1947—9 March 2019". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 68: 175–193. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2019.0048. S2CID 212676506.